Geological Chronicle
Widmannstätten is a lunar impact crater in the southern part of Mare Smythii, positioned near the eastern limb of the Moon with a diameter of 52.88 kilometers. Lava flooded its dark interior floor, leaving a level interior surface and a shallow surviving rim.
The crater rim has a wide gap along its western side where it joins the larger Kiess, as well as a breach in the northern rim where the floor meets the adjacent mare. Both Kiess and Widmannstätten have fractured floors.
The craters Kiess and Widmannstätten were referred to as Wright Brothers, such as by the crew of Apollo 17, prior to official adoption by the International Astronomical Union in 1973.